Correspondence in residents' and staff members' assessments of the quality of life of children in residential care facilities

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-89

  Davidson Arad, Bilha ^a   Dekel, Rachel ^b   Wozner, Yochanan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SERVICE PROVISION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 8744289476     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SOCI.0000025579.95086.d1     Document Type: Article

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